Dialectic

The Pulse of Freedom

By: Roy Bhaskar

Write A Review

Paperback | 17 November 1994 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Paperback
448 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
24.13 x 15.24 x 3.81

Paperback

$98.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $24.75 with

or

Ships in 15 to 25 business days

This book attacks purely analytical modes of thinking. Bhaskar develops a critical realist philosophy, which isolates the definition of being in terms of knowledge as the characteristic flaw of traditional philosophy. He conceives a “transformational” model of society and sees social science as explanatory, and therefore of assistance to political projects of emancipation. Concerned to bridge the gap between philosophy and politics, Dialectic argues that critical realism provides the basis of a completely new and general methodology for the human sciences. This book also contains an account of the history of Western philosophy, from its pre-Socratic origins to its contemporary post-modernist forms.

Industry Reviews

"Bhaskar goes back to the beginning of the western philosophical quest and offers a brilliant refashioning of the dialectic. Because his 'dialectical critical realism' is systematic, ontologically sustained and self-consciously ethical and political, he is able to give stunning readings of key chapters in the history of philosophy. This is a unique book full of gems" - Professor Peter Manicas, University of Hawaii "In this stunning book, Roy Bhaskar develops his own programme of critical realism into a radically new and original theory of dialectics and a critique of previous theories from the ancient Greeks to twentieth-century neo-Marxism. The result is comparable in its scope and ambition to Sartre's Critique of Dialectical Reason. It is hard to think of any other contemporary philosopher with the powers to bring this off... In short, this is a work of the very highest importance which will be one of the major reference points of philosophical and social thinking in the nineties and beyond." - Professor William Outhwaite, University of Sussex "[I] deeply admire its vast range, rigour and originality. It will be a massively important work." - Professor Terry Eagleton, University of Oxford

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $79.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

More in Epistemology & The Theory of Knowledge

Wonderstruck

How Wonder and Awe Shape the Way We Think

Paperback

RRP $29.99

$26.75

11%
OFF

Knowing What We Know

How we acquire, retain and communicate knowledge from ancient times to the era of big data

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$20.75

17%
OFF

Critique of Pure Reason

Penguin Classics

Paperback

RRP $32.99

$26.99

18%
OFF

Mindset : The New Psychology of Success - Carol S. Dweck

$21.75

13%
OFF

The Book of Memory

Or, How to Live Forever

Hardcover

RRP $29.99

$24.99

17%
OFF

Cosmos and Psyche : Intimations of a New World View

Intimations of a New World View

Paperback

RRP $55.00

$38.99

29%
OFF

The Infinite Alphabet

And the Laws of Knowledge

Hardcover

RRP $59.99

$59.75

The Meaning of Life

The true ingredients of fulfilment

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF

How to get Philosophy Students Talking

An Instructor's Toolkit

Paperback

RRP $101.00

$63.75

37%
OFF

Conversations on Violence

An Anthology

Paperback

RRP $39.95

$29.75

26%
OFF

Conjectures and Refutations : The Growth of Scientific Knowledge : The Growth of Scientific Knowledge - Karl Popper

$22.99

15%
OFF

Herald of a Restless World

How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF

Heart of Science : A Philosophy of Scientific Inquiry - Jacob Stegenga

$226.75

13%
OFF

A World Not of this World

The Reality of Images and Imagination

Hardcover

RRP $170.00

$151.75

11%
OFF

On the Affective Moods of Being

A Philosophical Exploration of Affects in Ibrahim Niasse's Thought

Hardcover

RRP $170.00

$151.75

11%
OFF

The Challenge of Lonergan's Thought

The Reach of Critical Realism

Hardcover

RRP $170.00

$151.75

11%
OFF

Humility A History : A History - Justin Steinberg

$58.75

Iris Murdoch and the Ancient Quarrel

Why Literature Is Not Philosophy

Paperback

RRP $59.99

$58.75

Epistemic Genres

New Formations of Play

Hardcover

RRP $190.00

$167.99

12%
OFF

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction: Critical Realism, Hegelian Dialectic and the Problems of Philosophy - Preliminary Considerations	p. 1
Objectives of the Book	p. 1
'Dialectic': An Initial Orientation	p. 3
Negation	p. 4
Four Degrees of Critical Realism	p. 8
Prima Facie Objections to Critical Realism	p. 14
On the Sources and General Character of the Hegelian Dialectic	p. 15
On the Immanent Critique and Limitations of the Hegelian Dialectic	p. 23
The Fine Structure of Hegelian Dialectic	p. 28
Epistemological Dialectic and the Problems of Philosophy	p. 33
Dialectic: The Logic of Absence - Arguments, Themes, Perspectives, Configurations	p. 38
Absence	p. 38
Emergence	p. 49
Contradiction I: Hegel and Marx	p. 56
Contradiction II: Misunderstandings	p. 72
On the Materialist Diffraction of Dialectic	p. 86
Dialectical Arguments and the Unholy Trinity	p. 102
Dialectical Motifs: Tina Formations, Mediation, Concrete Universality, etc.	p. 112
On the Generalized Theory of the Dialectical Remark, the Failure of Detachment and the Presence of the Past	p. 134
Dialectical Critical Naturalism	p. 152
Towards a Real Definition of Dialectic	p. 173
Dialectical Critical Realism and the Dialectic of Freedom	p. 204
Ontology	p. 204
The Dialectic of Truth	p. 214
On the Emergence and Derivability of Dialecticized Transcendental Realism	p. 224
1M Realism: Non-Identity	p. 231
2E Realism: Negativity	p. 238
Space, Time and Tense	p. 250
Social Science, Explanatory Critique, Emancipatory Axiology	p. 258
3L Realism: Totality	p. 270
4D Realism: Agency	p. 276
The Dialectic of Desire to Freedom	p. 279
Dialectical Critical Realism and the Dialectics of Critical Realism	p. 299
Metacritical Dialectics: Irrealism and Its Consequences	p. 308
Irrealism	p. 308
The Problems of Philosophy and Their Resolution	p. 314
Contradictions of the Critical Philosophy	p. 322
Dilemmas of the Beautiful Soul and the Unhappy Consciousness	p. 326
Master and Slave: From Dialectics of Reconciliation to Dialectics of Liberation	p. 330
The Metacritique of the Hegelian Dialectic	p. 336
Marxian Dialectic I: The Rational Kernel in the Mystical Shell	p. 344
Marxian Dialectic II: The Mystical Shell in the Rational Kernel	p. 348
Metacritical Dialectics: Philosophical Ideologies - Their Sublation and Explanation	p. 354
The Consequences of Irrealism	p. 365
Diffracted and Retotalized Dialectics	p. 370
Dialectic as the Pulse of Freedom	p. 378
Notes	p. 386
Glossary	p. 392
Name Index	p. 407
Subject Index	p. 409
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.

Dialectic

The Pulse of Freedom

At a Glance

Paperback

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in Epistemology & The Theory of Knowledge

Wonderstruck

How Wonder and Awe Shape the Way We Think

Knowing What We Know

How we acquire, retain and communicate knowledge from ancient times to the era of big data

Critique of Pure Reason

Penguin Classics

Mindset

The New Psychology of Success

The Denial of Death

The Book of Memory

Or, How to Live Forever

Cosmos and Psyche : Intimations of a New World View

Intimations of a New World View

The Infinite Alphabet

And the Laws of Knowledge

The Meaning of Life

The true ingredients of fulfilment

How to get Philosophy Students Talking

An Instructor's Toolkit

Conversations on Violence

An Anthology

Conjectures and Refutations : The Growth of Scientific Knowledge

The Growth of Scientific Knowledge

The Black Swan

The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Ways of Being

Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence

Herald of a Restless World

How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People

Heart of Science

A Philosophy of Scientific Inquiry

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Emilie Du Chatelet

A World Not of this World

The Reality of Images and Imagination

On the Affective Moods of Being

A Philosophical Exploration of Affects in Ibrahim Niasse's Thought

The Challenge of Lonergan's Thought

The Reach of Critical Realism

Humility A History

A History

Biopolitics as a System of Thought

Iris Murdoch and the Ancient Quarrel

Why Literature Is Not Philosophy

Epistemic Genres

New Formations of Play

This product is categorised by